Syllabus

Earth Science 55/Geography 55 - Remote Sensing

Winter 2001

 

 

Instructor:

 

Richard W. Birnie

Department of Earth Sciences

office: 122 Fairchild

phone: 646-2666

hours: T, Th, 9:00-11:00am

 

Graduate Teaching Assistants:

Lorin Amidon                Jim Burnett                   Jim Hickey                    Jason Wilkinson

203 Fairchild                 404 Fairchild                 207 Fairchild                 206 Fairchild

(603) 646-0286              (603) 646-3318              (603) 646-0287              (603) 646-0023

 

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant:

Eli Diament

(603) 646-6210

 

Class Periods: (08 Fairchild):

            Mon-Wed-Fri: 10:00 - 11:05;   X-period, Thurs, 12:00 - 12:50

 

Lab Periods: (114 Fairchild):

            Lab I:               M and W 1:00-3:00

            Lab II:              M and W 3:30-5:30

                                   

Reading:

The reading will be assigned as the course progresses.  Copies will be provided or put on reserve in Kresge

 

GPS:

Hurn, Jeff, 1989, GPS, A Guide to the Next Utility, Trimble Navigation, Ltd.

            76 pp. (Hurn-GPS)

Hurn, Jeff, 1993, Differential GPS Explained, Trimble Navigation Ltd., 54 pp.

             (Hurn-Diff)

Meuhrcke, Phillip C. and Juliana O. Muehrcke, 1998, Map Use Reading,

Analysis, and Interpretation 4th edition, JP Publications, Madison, WI, (M&M)

 

Remote Sensing:

 

Lillesand, Thomas M., and Ralph W. Kiefer, 1994, Remote Sensing and Image

            Interpretation, 4th edition, Wiley: New York, 724 pp. (L&K)

Sabins, Floyd F., 1997, Remote Sensing Principles and Interpretation, 3th

            edition, Freeman, (Sab)

GIS:

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 1997, Getting To Know

            ArcView GIS, 2nd edition, GeoInformation International, Cambridge,

            England,  (ESRI)

 

Students will be evaluated on the completion of ten lab exercises, two exams, and a final project. These three components will contribute to the final grade in the following proportions:

                        Ten Lab Exercises: 50 % (5% each)

                        Two Hour Exams: 30% (15% each)

                        Final Project: 20%

 

Disabilities:

The instructor encourages students with disabilities including “invisible” disabilities such as chronic diseases, learning disabilities, and psychiatric disabilities to discuss appropriate accommodations that might be helpful.

 

Schedule of Lectures and Tests:

 

Fri Jan 5:                       Introduction, Organization of the Course

Mon. Jan 8:                   Introduction to GPS

Wed Jan 10:                  GPS and Map Projections

Fri Jan 12:                    Map Projections cont.

Mon. Jan 15:                 MLK Day. Class meeting moved to X-period 1/25. Labs meet as usual.

Wed Jan 17:                  Energy Sources and Atmospheric Transmission

Fri Jan 19:                     Reflectance Signatures and Detection, Landsat Characteristics

Mon. Jan 22:                 TBA

Wed Jan 24:                  Image display and Contrast Stretch Enhancement

Thu Jan 25 (X):             Image Arithmetic and Digital Filter Enhancement

Fri Jan 26:                     HOUR EXAM

Mon. Jan 29:                 Digital Filter Enhancement cont. and Image Registration

Wed Jan 31:                  Principal Components Enhancement

Fri Feb 2:                      Principal Components Enhancement cont.

Mon Feb 5:                   Library orientation: meet in Berry/Baker Map Room

Wed Feb 7:                   Intro to GIS

Fri Feb 9:                      Winter Carnival Holiday. Class meeting moved to X-period 2/8

Mon Feb 12:                  GIS Theme Tables Query, and Filter

Wed Feb 14:                 GIS Statistics, Merging, and Filtering

Thu Feb 15 (X):             Application TBA

Fri Feb 16:                    Application TBA

Mon Feb 19:                  Supervised Image Classification

Wed Feb 21:                 Supervised Image Classification cont.

Fri Feb 23:                    HOUR EXAM

Mon Feb 26:                  Project Preparation

Wed Feb 28:                 Project Preparation

Fri Mar 2:                     Project Preparation

 

Mon Mar 5:                   Project Presentations

Wed Mar 7:                  Project Presentations

 

Schedule of Labs:

 

Mon. Jan. 8                   no lab

Wed Jan 10:                  #1:  Introduction to GPS

Mon Jan 15:                  #2:  Differential Correction of GPS Data

Wed Jan 17:                  #3:  GPS Data Export and Image Overlay

Mon Jan 22:                  lab catch up  

Wed Jan 24:                  #4:  Image Display and Contrast Enhancement

Mon Jan 29:                  #5:  Image Rectification, Digital Elevation, and Perspective View

Wed Jan 31:                  #6: Image Arithmetic, Filters and Principal Components

Mon Feb 5:                   lab catch up

Wed Feb 7:                   #7:  GIS Display and Classification of Themes

Mon Feb 12:                  #8:  NH GRANIT Data, Importing .e00 Files, Query, and Clip

Wed Feb 14:                 #9:  Theme Tables, Statistics, Filtering, and Merging

Mon Feb 19:                  #10:  Supervised Image Classification

Wed Feb 21:                 lab catch up

Mon Feb 26:                  Project Preparation

Wed Feb 28:                 Project Preparation

Mon Mar 5:                   Project Presentations

Wed Mar 7:                  Project Presentations